An Englishman of forty years residence in Wales pontificates about politics (slightly off-message), films and trivia. Secretary of Aberavon and Neath Liberal Democrats. Candidate for Neath in the Westminster elections of 1997 & 2017 and the Welsh general election of 2016.

Sunday, 14 September 2014

Alternative strategy for Scottish Referendum "No" campaign

It is clear that the various strategies of "Better Together" have played into the hands of the "Yes" campaign. If Cameron had really wanted an overwhelming vote for Union he should have:

immediately after signing the agreement with Salmond, set up a committee planning for separation, maximising the benefits for HM Treasury

involved as many civil servants as possible in the committee, then denied its existence

refused to join Liberal Democrat and Labour parties in their campaigns

while going through the motions of defending the Union, banned all media releases from Westminster on the subject, and